My Lord's gonna move this wicked race

Collected by Irene Carlisle
Transcribed by Nathaniel Lucy
Sung by Janice Johnson? [See note]
Little Rock, Arkansas
April 15, 1951
Reel 111, Item 2
[Transcibers Note: In the performer’s introduction, the name Ms. Carlisle states sounds like Jamie Johnson eventhough Janice Johnson is listed in the finding aid.]
My Lord is going to Move this Wicked Race
My Lord is going to move this wicked race
This wicked race
My Lord is going to move this wicked race
He’s going to raise a nation that’ll obey
My Lord is going to move this wicked race
This wicked race
My Lord is going to move this wicked race
He’s going to raise a nation that’ll obey
E-Nicodemus, he desired to know
He desired to know
Oh, Nicodemus, he desired to know
How can a man be born when he’s old?
My Lord is going to move this wicked race
This wicked race
My Lord is going to move this wicked race
He’s going to raise a nation that’ll obey

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Collected by Irene Carlisle
Transcribed by Nathaniel Lucy
Sung by Janice Johnson? [See note]
Little Rock, Arkansas
April 15, 1951
Reel 111, Item 2
[Transcibers Note: In the performer’s introduction, the name Ms. Carlisle states sounds like Jamie Johnson eventhough Janice Johnson is listed in the finding aid.]
My Lord is going to Move this Wicked Race
My Lord is going to move this wicked race
This wicked race
My Lord is going to move this wicked race
He’s going to raise a nation that’ll obey
My Lord is going to move this wicked race
This wicked race
My Lord is going to move this wicked race
He’s going to raise a nation that’ll obey
E-Nicodemus, he desired to know
He desired to know
Oh, Nicodemus, he desired to know
How can a man be born when he’s old?
My Lord is going to move this wicked race
This wicked race
My Lord is going to move this wicked race
He’s going to raise a nation that’ll obey